Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-22
THE FLORAL FETE.

THE FLORAL FETE.
Many Additions of Beautiful De.
sfgns I'm Flowers.
There was not such large attendance
at the floral festival last evening as there
was on the previous evening, but there
were enough people to swell the receipts
to good round sum. It was stated that
fewer flowers had come to hand tht n
usual, but the exhibits did not show any
deficiency. In fact they were if any.
thing, more brilliant than ever. Perhaps
this effect was given by the redressing Of
several Of the most prominent booths
during the day and the addition of mum
erous designs of great artistic merit.
The ladies who had charge of these ap.
parently did not feel any more fatigued
than they did on the first night. La
their bright dresses they added greatly
to the charm of the occasion which
would be soon forgotten but for their
presence. During the day the little
children belonging to the three
kindergartens were given an OPP
portunity of enjoying themselves
among the "posies" as many OF
then called even the choicestI of blooms
Their eyes were greatly attracted to.
ward the brighter designs and many ex.
pressions of delight were called forth
from the infants. They went through
number of exercises such as they are
taught in the Kindergartens, on the
stage, and the afternoon visitors were
livery much amused at some of their an
tics. The hope Of future reward in the
shape of ice cream to which they were
treated by the Society represented by
Mrs. Prayer, induced them to put their
best foot forward, and when their work
had been concluded their hearts were
Made happy. In addition to the ice
cream they were presented with boxes
of candy by Mr.. Platter, and when it
came time for them to go home to din.
ner there only few who were satisfied
and ready to depart.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Widney re-
ceived the following letter, which ex-
plains itself:
EAST Les ANGELES, April l6
TO The Big President Of the Big FtoDer
ShoW..
/ am the little President of the little |
Flower Show. My folks wouldn't let |
me go to your flow er show in the even
ing, so we thought we would have a
flower show of our own.
sion because ours wasn't SO big as
yours. We did not make very much,
but will send it over to help yours.
GERTRUDE HALL,
STELLA WHITE,
ANNIE jAooBUs.
Accompanying the letter was eighty
cents, in ten, five and one. cent pieces,
but Mrs. Widney will keep the letter
among the records of the society as o
remembrance of the "big flower show"
of 1887.
The children Of the Orphans Hon
had been invited to attend the Festival
on Wednesday, but only those from thu
Protestant Home appeared. These were
treated very generously by Nr. Platter,
who gave each two boxes of candy to
take home. Owing to illness at the
Catholic Home, the children did not at
tend, but MIR. Platter sent the children
the candy which he had provided for
them.
THE BOOTHS.
As before stated, tho booths appeared |
to great advantage last night. The |
evening was rather warm, and there
was greater demand than usual for
polling drinks. The young ladies of the
lemonade booth attracted perfect string
of thirsty individuals, who possibly re-
membered the location more readily on
account of the charming manner in which
they were served than for the liquid.
The soda water booth on the opposite
side also had its quota Of patrons, who
made visits of great frequency, The
Bulbous booth was made more attractive
by the addition ofbeautiful purple Salpi-
glossis, Narcissus and Spanish Iris,
grown by Mr.. Rec. The Potted Plant
booth received bunch Of bansna bios
SONS and quantity of the bright red
Gamma flowers, which were much admired.
The Novelty booth was also made more
attractive by numerous additions OF Cal
ifornia sea moses, arranged in various
forms. The Santa Ana booth contained
beautiful cross composed of immortel-
les, presented by Mr.. Carter, of Sierra
Madre. The Fan booth, which always |
receives large portion of praise, exhib
tied pink camelia presented by Miss Mby |
Rollil and singular fuschia given by
Mrs. Barclay. One Of the prettiest pieces
which has yet been seen was q shield
pres snted by Mrs. H. w. Palmer and
Mrs. j. K. Toberman. 1t was composed
roses, white daisies, geraniums and
marguerites, while above was maltese
cross of pansies and heliotropes. The
Orange booth had two new designs, one
o crescent and star of white flowers and
pansies, and another q maltese cross of
roses Some of the ladies of the ice
cream booth have been relieved for a
time by Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs. DR.. Pee
BILE and Mrs. DIR. Lummis.
THE EXERCISES
The exercises of the evening were very
interesting chiefly owing to the music
and the tableaux. The grand march was
not so attractive as usual owing to the
absence of many of the participants. 1t |
is to be hoped that all will appear to.
night and make the procession what it |
has been in the past.
The programme of music durin 6 the |
evening was as follows:
March-"Jolly Coppersmith" 49, C. Peters |
Oyerture-"William Tell", Rossini |
schottische-"My Black keyed Mae. = c..o,
waltz-"Marabella" .... ...... Petite |
Spanish March-"La Paloma" .-.....s..
.......... -. ..., d. s. Ferrazzi
Overture-"Fair Dove, Fond Dove. :,
Observation-Disclosures, Schlepegrell |
waltz-"Philomena" a",........,.......P Petite |
Medley Overture-"Sitting on the Gold
en- Fence. "..........,....H Prendiville |
"Home Sweet Home"
1t has been decided to continue the |
festival several nights of next week ow-
ing to the opportunities of the people
who take great interest in the h9ral
wealth of this State.
Tonight the bicyclists will give an
exhibition for which they have been pre-.
pairing for some time, aud this feature
alone will make the occasion very inter-
astinn and insure n larger Attendance